Welcome to Dolphins

Important Reminders

PE

Our PE days will be Monday and Wednesday. Children will be expected to come to school in their school uniform on these days and to bring their PE kit in their bag, so they can change into it before the PE lesson.  Long sleeved trousers and a hoodie/jacket is strongly advised as the weather gets colder. Also, jewelry is not permitted during PE and all long hair should be tied up. 

Learning at home

-Homework 

A homework task will be given out on a Friday and is expected to be handed in by no later than the following Wednesday . This homework task will alternate between a maths, English or topic based task and will be based around the learning we have done in class.

- TT Rockstars at least 3 times per week (at least 10 minutes each time).

This is extremely important in improving their times tables knowledge and great practice for the national times table test that every year 4 will be taking in the Summer term. The website to access this is:

https://ttrockstars.com/

Children should be aware of their logins for this - if unsure please contact the class teacher.

There will be regular battles between classes/year groups so please encourage your child to join in.

- Reading at least 3 times per week.

Children will be encouraged to read regularly at home, in order to practise the reading skills being taught at school and to improve their fluency. They should bring home their chosen reading book from our Accelerated Reader collection, which will be at the appropriate level. When they have read the book, they will be asked to complete a quiz, to check their comprehension and understanding of what they have read. If children finish their books at home, they are welcome to quiz at home and can access the quiz by following the link below. Children will then be given the opportunity to change their books the next day in school.

Additionally, all children will be encouraged to regularly borrow a book of their choice from our school library. 

https://global-zone61.renaissance-go.com/welcomeportal/2248283

Username - The first letter of your child's first name, followed by the first 4 letters of their surname (no spaces).

Password - abc

If you have any questions please contact us via Class Dojo or email: teacher.dolphins@ranelaghprimary.net

Autumn 1

This half-term we will be using the book "Stone Age Boy" in our English lessons, which will take us 20,000 years into the past to discover what life as a caveperson was like. We will find out about life during the Stone Age, learning how families fished, hunted, cooked and celebrated! The book will help us to understand how they made tools, clothes and weapons– and even how they painted on the walls of caves. 

During our Science lessons this half term, our topic will be Animals, including Humans, when we will be learning more about nutrition and also about food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey. In Topic we will be learning all about one of the earliest civilisations - Ancient Sumer. 

In addition to the above, we will begin working hard on our Timetables in preparation for the year 4 times table tests in June.